Nicola Dolapchieff

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Nicola Dolapchieff
Born(1897-02-07)7 February 1897
Died8 November 1964(1964-11-08) (aged 67)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
NationalityBulgarian
Alma materSofia University

Nicola Dolapchieff (Bulgarian: Никола Долапчиев) was a Bulgarian-American lawyer and professor of criminal law.

Biography[edit]

Dolapchieff was born on February 7, 1897, in the Sliven city (Bulgaria).[1] He was the dean of the Law School and Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, and editor of the journal, Jridicheska Measul, (Juridical Thought), published by the Ministry of Justice.[2]

In 1957, Dolapchieff went aboard the Queen Mary from Liverpool to New York City with his wife Rada and his son George. He settled with his family in Los Angeles, California.[citation needed] Deprived of Bulgarian citizenship, he applied for and received US citizenship. He died on November 8, 1964, and was buried in the cemetery Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles.[3]

Bibliography[edit]

  • The civil action before the criminal court, (Sophia, 1921)
  • Die logishe Aufbau des Schuldbegriffs irri Strafrechtssystem (Berlin, 1924)
  • Illegality and Culpability (Sofia, 1925) (44 Penal Law in Soviet Russia (1926)
  • The Crime, Act and Causation (1927)
  • Handbook of Bulgarian Criminal Law (1931)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nicola Dolapchieff - Nikolai Poppetrov magazine. Science 3/2014 year XXIV (2014);
  2. ^ Dolaptchieff, N. (March–April 1933). "The Criminal Law in Bulgaria". The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. 23 (6): 1012–1019. JSTOR 1136076. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ Nicola Dolapchieff - Nikolai Poppetrov magazine. Science 3/2014 year XXIV (2014)

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